Chapter 2228: One Kill Two
The other two players had both sustained injuries in the narrow, cramped carriage where there was nowhere to hide. Neither of them were Super Evolvers; they could only sense fluctuations in Space Power and Spiritual Power. They didn't realize at first that the entire carriage space was filled with Space Ray Blades everywhere, which was why they suffered some minor external injuries while dodging Tangents and Materialized Objects. However, they quickly used Defense Items to prop up a clear area for movement.
"A larger Defense Barrier has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it can open up a certain range of movement, but the disadvantage is also obvious—if you want to fight me, you'll have to retract this barrier." Within these two carriages, only Xu Huo could move freely now. To prevent them from fighting so fiercely that they tore the carriage apart, the tattooed man and his group had already reinforced the carriage with Defense Items in advance, but it still wasn't safe enough. So he stepped forward to the space barrier of the two A-level players, directly broke it with the Black Blade, and forcefully forced the two of them back!
The female player's Defense Barrier was repeatedly breached, forcing her to use solid shield-type Defense Items to block the Black Blade. Although such items could clash head-on with the Black Blade, they couldn't defend against the Tangents, and they were soon sliced to pieces by "All Things Want to Cut Everything."
The three clashed frequently. The female player and her companion repeatedly removed the Tangents, but the Tangents were spread over a large area, making it difficult for them to seize them. Thus, it was hard to directly disable this item. Seeing that close-quarters combat was not to their advantage, the two began using items with a larger lethal range. Before starting, they even sealed five of Xu Huo's items in succession. Once he was immobilized in place, unable to even lift the Black Blade, several flying knives shot out from the female player's direction, attacking from three different angles along the carriage!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" These flying knives collided with the space barrier, splitting rapidly upon ricocheting. In an instant, they became over a dozen, attacking Xu Huo at high speed from different angles, finally breaking through the last layer of his Defense Barrier!
With such a large number, it was almost impossible to dodge. As long as one of these high-speed flying knives pierced through Xu Huo's body, it would be a success!
At the same time, the female player and her companion flanked him from both sides. Using items to shatter the ubiquitous Ray Blades in the space, they forcibly opened two passages. Then, using a cage item, they trapped most of the furniture in the carriage together with Xu Huo.
This was the second layer of insurance. Simply sealing him with the cage wasn't enough. The female player then released a Poison Gas Ball and wrapped it with a transparent film outside the cage, ensuring that none of the poison gas was wasted—all of it would be used on Xu Huo!
Of course, as A-level players, these two had plenty of resources. Even after the Poison Gas Ball, there were still more items lined up outside!
However, at that moment, the carriage space froze.
Whether it was the items flying through the air, the drifting poison gas, or the other items already released, everything instantly fell into an infinite elongation of time.
But it lasted less than a second—just enough time for Xu Huo to collect all the flying knives into his Luggage Compartment and destroy the metal cage outside. Then, the Time Ring automatically deactivated.
Xu Huo was somewhat surprised, but considering this was on the train, where the surrounding time and space might not be stable, and using Time Power required connecting to other spaces, it was already fortunate that it had taken effect at all.
Of course, the two A-level players, who were equipped with time-space items, were not frozen by this. The activated items quickly flew over to surround him!
The "Space Sphere" suddenly expanded, blocking all these attack items outside. After retreating from the encirclement of the two, Xu Huo retaliated by throwing poison as well, along with a large handful of mushrooms.
The poison was one thing, but those mushrooms were obtained from different districts. They grew extremely fast and could even sprout on tables, chairs, and tablecloths. Combined with the Nutrient Supplement mixed in, the second carriage was soon overrun with toxic substances.
The two A-level players had already put on Protective Suits when they used poison themselves, so they paid no attention to these things and charged straight toward the Transition Car behind.
Xu Huo stood in the middle of the Transition Car and pulled out the Eye Lamp.
Almost at the same moment, the female player and her companion instinctively retreated and reached for their Jamming Devices.
"Don't you suddenly feel dizzy and lightheaded?" Xu Huo said with a smile. "After all that trouble, there had to be some gain."
With that, he tossed the Eye Lamp into the air and actively entered the second carriage, engaging the two in a head-on fight.
Both A-level players were highly experienced in combat. They coordinated very well in switching between Defense Items and Attack Items, and their variety of items was endless. Every time Xu Huo thought their Defense Barrier was completely broken, a new one would appear, in all sorts of forms.
However, their physical abilities were evenly matched, and neither could gain the upper hand in speed. In the end, the contest came down to items and traits.
The trait restriction time hadn't passed yet, and Xu Huo still had the "Life Flashback" in hand, so traits were excluded from this battle. As for items, most could be blocked by the "Space Sphere." In the gaps, "Inviolable Domain" and the Space Ray Barrier were enough to compensate. Compared to the two A-level players, whose Defense Items had time limits and were less flexible to use, his movements were much easier.
"Since you have so many items, I'll just dismantle a few!" In addition to the earlier flying knives, three assassination items and six attack items were destroyed by the Black Blade and Tangents, or simply forcibly taken into Xu Huo's Luggage Compartment.
Items could be reused. Without completely destroying or seizing the items, honestly, this battle could continue until both sides were exhausted. But Xu Huo, fighting one against two, didn't give them time to equip higher-level Jamming Devices. As the Spiritual Interference lengthened, when the timing was about right, he stacked "Pointing Soldiers and Generals" with "Realm of Thought," focused his attention on the female player, and commanded: "Suicide!"
The female player, who had been swinging her blade forward, actually trembled and turned the knife toward her own throat!
"Bang!" The sound of an item collision rang out. The knife in the female player's hand flew away, followed by her companion's furious shout: "What are you doing!"
It was her companion who saved her. Before the female player could respond, she saw a black force pierce through her companion's heart and stab toward her!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!" The Defense Items blocked the Materialized Objects swimming in from all directions. The female player retreated to the Transition Car between the first and second carriages, panting heavily as she stared at the man still standing amidst the pile of toxins. "How did you..."
She was puzzled. In the earlier exchange, she had clearly left wounds on Xu Huo's body, but the toxins seemed to have no effect on him at all. Meanwhile, under the dual assault of Spiritual Interference and toxin invasion from her wounds, her physical strength and thinking were both slowing down.